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DBSTalk is proud to present our first look at the upcoming user interface for all HD receivers and DVRs:

This one's the real deal. Rendering speed is up to 300% faster than the old UI... it makes an HR21 feel like an HR24! All text is rendered at full resolution for every graphics mode from 480i to 1080p!

Nice presentation, but I notice HD guide still only shows 1 1/2 hours of programming.

Dish has 3 hours; FiOS TV has 2 1/2 hours. Still some catching up to do...

...and "coming soon" means ???

"Catching up" is in the eyes of the beholder...not everyone wants an overabundance of screen content. It appears the key value of the new UI is to remain uncluttered and easy to read the content - which is not the case on some other service provider screens.

The amount of data on the screen has been discussed at length here and at DIRECTV. it seems to boil down to, if you have a 37" tv or smaller, or have worse eyesight, then you want less. If you are younger, have better eyesight and/or a large tv, you want more.

So it doesn't change.

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Are the Trick plays faster
How did they do it?
Did they change from say C++ to Assembler for the parts that were killing performance?
Why won't they give options for various guide displays? Is memory that tight?

The amount of data on the screen has been discussed at length here and at DIRECTV. it seems to boil down to, if you have a 37" tv or smaller, or have worse eyesight, then you want less. If you are younger, have better eyesight and/or a large tv, you want more.

So it doesn't change.

I see you closed the other thread. Is this a discussion thread too? Thanks

This is DIRECTV's port of the standard interface to HD, with much of the functionality unchanged but obviously a tremendous amount of work done in restyling the interface, giving it an elegant modern look.

There is a notable exception in functionality in that the main menu was completely redesigned. I honestly love the new main menu, and think it's a very intuitive way for new users to features of the receiver that were previously buried in sub-menus.

My hope, though, is that this is just the first step in a series of changes to the interface. First, the port from standard to HD. Next, how about introducing new functionality such as GUIDE "options" that allow the user to select the number of rows visible, or the number of hours visible? This would allow those old and young, with large and small TVs, to set the GUIDE's appearance to what suits their needs...